Toronto police mark day to eliminate racial discrimination


Toronto Community News 

Toronto, Canada - The North Albion Collegiate Institute Steel Band performed at 23 Division headquarters in north Etobicoke Thursday morning to celebrate the Toronto Police Service's 10th Annual recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This year's theme is "One Community, Many Voices."

....The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - one of both "celebration and sober reflection" - stems back to a fateful day on March 21, 1960, when South African police opened fire on protestors at a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid pass laws in Sharpeville, killing 69 people and wounding many others.
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  • Is this where PanManPat started teaching steelpan?

  • 32 & 33 Division supported the Community Unity Alliance Scholarship Awards and Fundinfraising Event, by giving scholarships to members of the commuinty. The Police Services are involved in Pan inToronto.
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